WillParkinson
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Wed Oct-14-09 03:18 PM
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Montana Supreme Court affirms lesbian parental rights - Must read judges decision! |
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Montana Supreme Court affirms lesbian parental rights
Last week Tuesday, the Billing Gazette reported that the Montana Supreme Court upheld Michelle Kulstad’s petition for parental rights of the two adopted children she raised with her female partner of 10 years.
Most notably, in a special concurrence, Justice James Nelson argued against discrimination:
“Naming it for the evil it is, discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is an expression of bigotry.
“Lesbian and gay Montanans must not be forced to fight to marry, to raise their children and to live with the same dignity that is accorded heterosexuals…
“I remain absolutely convinced that homosexuals are entitled to enjoy precisely the same civil and natural rights as heterosexuals, as a matter of constitutional law.”
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Wed Oct-14-09 03:23 PM
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1. Wow! Thats a bold affirmation of equal right! |
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Wed Oct-14-09 03:31 PM
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5. Strong words! Strong Judge! |
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Wed Oct-14-09 03:55 PM
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6. Strong stuff. I love this judge! |
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Wed Oct-14-09 04:00 PM
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8. That's what I'm talking about - unflinching, unapologetic honesty. |
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Thanks for this, it just brings joy to my heart. Civil rights are human rights - for all human beings.
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Wed Oct-14-09 04:02 PM
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9. does Mary Cheney live there? |
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Wasn't that Dick's 'home' state?
Hopefully this opens the door for Marriage equality in Montana too. Can this judge's opinion be used as a precedent of some kind?
K&R
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Wed Oct-14-09 04:33 PM
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10. I think that was Wyoming |
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Wed Oct-14-09 06:16 PM
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I wouldn't mind visiting either, to tell the truth.
Though not in Winter.
:)
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Wed Oct-14-09 08:36 PM
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12. Very clear and unequivocal. |
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Bravo to Justice James Nelson!
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Thu Oct-15-09 06:32 PM
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13. Couldn't be made any clearer |
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Fri Oct-16-09 01:28 AM
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14. I'm too late to Rec this, but not too late to |
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